| Show proper hatching dates boost winter laying A good deal of the trouble with will pullets dropping off in production in the fall may be prevented by hatching the chicks at the proper time in the spring so observations by the poultry department of the new jersey college of agriculture show it Is it a good pion to hatch from one quarter to one third of the dock of leghorns Leg horns borns between january 15 and march 1 1 so that these birds will start laying in n tho the summer and maintain production when the adult birds ore are falling failing during the month of march and as late into as april 15 any of tile the heavy breeds may be hatched hat clied from april 15 until may alay 15 the bulk of the leghorn flock may be hatched they will start laying about november 1 and ought to continue through the winter and spring if 11 lights gats are used many of the earl earlier fer hatched birds also can be kept from molting bolting in the fall but the d ites dates given here tire are for flocks cocks where lights are not used such a schedule however will work out satisfactorily either with or without lights but if tile the birds are not under lights then this schedule must be followed to prevent fall molting bolting mol ting birds that molt and then begin to lay again are subject to colds chicken pox and 6 ther other complications so it is wise to hu have ve them start laying at such a time hot hat their production will not be interfered vv with I 1 th |
